The medication room is one of the most complex areas of a jail or prison health unit. The set up and maintenance of a medication room can make or break the medication administration process and eat up hours of nursing time every shift. Medication administration can take up to 40% of a nurse’s time ... Read More about Are You Imprisoned by a Messy Med Room?
The Correctional Nurse
Disaster Planning for Infectious Disease Outbreaks (Podcast Episode #95)
Sue Lane, RN, CCHP and Sue Smith, MSN, RN, CCHP-RN join Lorry to talk about “Disaster Planning for Infectious Disease Outbreaks”. They presented this topic at the 2015 NCCHC Spring Conference on Correctional Health Care in New Orleans, April 11-14. Correctional facilities are prone to the rapid ... Read More about Disaster Planning for Infectious Disease Outbreaks (Podcast Episode #95)
Clinical Management of Polydipsia (Podcast Episode 94)
Scott Eliason, MD, CCHP-MH, Regional Psychiatric Director for Idaho through Corizon Correctional Health Care talks about polydipsia, its various manifestations, and management in the correctional setting. He presented this topic along with Mark Fleming, PhD, CCHP-MH at the 2015 NCCHC Spring ... Read More about Clinical Management of Polydipsia (Podcast Episode 94)
Diabetes Primer for the Correctional Nurse
Lori Roscoe, PhD, MSN, CCHP-RN, is a Nurse Practitioner and Correctional Health Consultant in Atlanta, GA. This post is based on her session “Diabetes Primer for the Correctional Nurse” that occurred at the 2015 NCCHC Spring Conference on Correctional Health Care. If you have been in correctional ... Read More about Diabetes Primer for the Correctional Nurse
Book Review: Nursing in Criminal Justice Services
I am intrigued by correctional nursing practice in other countries. So, It was with great interest that I obtained a review copy of “Nursing in Criminal Justice Services” edited by UK correctional nurse experts Ann Norman and Elizabeth Walsh. I interviewed Ann on a prior Correctional Nursing Today ... Read More about Book Review: Nursing in Criminal Justice Services